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Has anyone opened up the inside of their tailgate? I was reinstalling my tailgate reinforcement today. There are threaded holes behind the sheet metal that secure the tailgate to the body. It seems to be a metal plate with two threaded holes, not secured to the frame. Anyway, that plate came...

So at around 5,000 miles I started getting that dreaded tapping from my cargo area like many others. Tried everything, adding grease to the weather stripping around the tailgate, and to the plastic blocks. Adding fabric tape to where the weather stripping contacts the tailgate and nothing...